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THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE, DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

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First Line: IN THE HEXAMETER RISES THE FOUNTAIN'S SILVERY COLUMN
Last Line: IN THE PENTAMETER AYE FALLING IN MELODY BACK.
Subject(s): MNEMONICS; OVID (43 B.C.-17 A.D.); POETRY & POETS;
IN the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column;
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.



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